axiomatic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   evident without proof or argument

   an axiomatic truth

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to or derived from axioms

   axiomatic physics

3. 3
   adj

   containing aphorisms or maxims

   axiomatic wisdom

4. 4
   adj

   Self-evident or unquestionable.

   The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable.

5. 5
   adj

   Relating to or containing axioms.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) + -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”), equivalent to axiom + -atic.